The Pathless Path with Paul Millerd

Natalie Rachel went through her own experience with burnout before turning to help others.  She found that "with burnout, rest doesn't touch it," you need a deeper strategy.  We compare notes on our own journeys where we were surprised by burnout.  We thought it was something that resulted from working long hours.  Natalie says a better way to think about it is as "self-neglect of reflection." Resources Mentioned: Natalie On Twitter Natalie on the James Altucher Show Dr. Geri Puleo --------- SUPPORT BOUNDLESS Subscribe to the weekly Boundless newsletter to stay up to date on new episodes and join the conversation. I launched Freelance Consulting Skills Course.  You can find out more and sign up here. If you'd like to support the podcast, consider using my affiliate links Podia - 14-day free trial Teachable - 14-day free trial Wealthfront - $5k managed for free ConvertKit - First 1k subscribers for free Charles Schwaab No International ATM Fees 📘 GOOD WORK: LIVE! => Learn More📕 Buy Paul’s Book (50k+ Sold): The Pathless Path😁 Join Hundreds On Unconventional Paths: Pathless Path Community📲Connect + Follow PaulTwitter: @p_millerdInstagram: @pathlesspaulPaul’s Newsletter: Subscribe to Pathless (23k+ People)Paul’s YouTube: Subscribe🙏Further Ways To Support The Podcast:Accounting, Taxes, And Payroll For Your S-Corp (Ideal for $60k+ income): CollectiveLooking for alternatives to traditional health insurance in the US? Check out CrowdhealthI use Transistor to host this podcast. It rocks. Launch Yours HereI record high-quality videos using Riverside: Sign Up Here

Ben Hunt is a father, husband, former academic, author turned blogger, former hedge fund analyst, investment advisor, and farmer. And he’s also my podcast guest in this episode. His writing has been an inspiration to me as I try to carve my own path after leaving what he calls “Team Elite.” His philosophy of make, protect, teach focuses on local and bottom-up change in the world.  In addition, we also discuss: How losing his father changed his relationship with time Industrially necessary scripts and "the good egg" Why writing about work elicits strange responses How he thinks about narratives and politics related to work --------- SUPPORT BOUNDLESS Subscribe to the weekly Boundless newsletter to stay up to date on new episodes and join the conversation. I launched Freelance Consulting Skills Course.  You can find out more and sign up here. If you'd like to support the podcast, consider using my affiliate links Podia - 14-day free trial Teachable - 14-day free trial Wealthfront - $5k managed for free ConvertKit - First 1k subscribers for free Charles Schwaab No International ATM Fees 📘 GOOD WORK: LIVE! => Learn More📕 Buy Paul’s Book (50k+ Sold): The Pathless Path😁 Join Hundreds On Unconventional Paths: Pathless Path Community📲Connect + Follow PaulTwitter: @p_millerdInstagram: @pathlesspaulPaul’s Newsletter: Subscribe to Pathless (23k+ People)Paul’s YouTube: Subscribe🙏Further Ways To Support The Podcast:Accounting, Taxes, And Payroll For Your S-Corp (Ideal for $60k+ income): CollectiveLooking for alternatives to traditional health insurance in the US? Check out CrowdhealthI use Transistor to host this podcast. It rocks. Launch Yours HereI record high-quality videos using Riverside: Sign Up Here

Jenni and Lisa Dazols read an essay six years ago which made them question their frantic & busy lifestyle.  They could barely take care of their dog.  They decided to take a break from a work.  We dove into their story of deciding to move abroad, taking a sabbatical, having kids, moving to Taiwan, launching a passion project, coaching people on their money fears, and what they've learned along the way. They run a business called Modern Family Finance and help people think about finances in a way that lets them live the life they want to live.  They also run a charity bike ride in Taiwan supporting LGBTQ rights called Rainbow Ride. Links: Rushed and Tired (Portrait of a Modern Family) Money Script Quiz --------- Subscribe to the weekly Boundless newsletter to stay up to date on new episodes and join the conversation. I'm launching a Freelance Consulting Skills Course that launches July 1.  You can sign up here and get a $50 discount. If you'd like to support the podcast, consider using my affiliate links Podia - 14-day free trial Teachable - 14-day free trial Wealthfront - $5k managed for free ConvertKit - First 1k subscribers for free Charles Schwaab No International ATM Fees 📘 GOOD WORK: LIVE! => Learn More📕 Buy Paul’s Book (50k+ Sold): The Pathless Path😁 Join Hundreds On Unconventional Paths: Pathless Path Community📲Connect + Follow PaulTwitter: @p_millerdInstagram: @pathlesspaulPaul’s Newsletter: Subscribe to Pathless (23k+ People)Paul’s YouTube: Subscribe🙏Further Ways To Support The Podcast:Accounting, Taxes, And Payroll For Your S-Corp (Ideal for $60k+ income): CollectiveLooking for alternatives to traditional health insurance in the US? Check out CrowdhealthI use Transistor to host this podcast. It rocks. Launch Yours HereI record high-quality videos using Riverside: Sign Up Here

Sean McCabe runs seanwes and in 2014 he was working seven days per week.   Yup, no breaks.  He knew he needed to make a chance but the problem? All of his friends and even his wife worked at the company.  He decided he would take every seven weeks off.  He quickly realized it was a bit unfair to his team and extended it to everyone in the company.   He's found that not only has his life gotten better but his business has continued to grow and they have figured out how to build mandatory (not like "unlimited vacation...) sabbaticals into the operating rhythm of the company.  His mission is to help every company globally (yes, really) embrace this model by 2047.  I'm on board. Learn more about Sean Sean's Sabbatical Blog My Essay On Sabbaticals --------- Subscribe to the weekly Boundless newsletter to stay up to date on new episodes and join the conversation. I'm launching a Freelance Consulting Skills Course that launches July 1.  You can sign up here. Podia - 14-day free trial Teachable - 14-day free trial Wealthfront - $5k managed for free ConvertKit - First 1k subscribers for free 📘 GOOD WORK: LIVE! => Learn More📕 Buy Paul’s Book (50k+ Sold): The Pathless Path😁 Join Hundreds On Unconventional Paths: Pathless Path Community📲Connect + Follow PaulTwitter: @p_millerdInstagram: @pathlesspaulPaul’s Newsletter: Subscribe to Pathless (23k+ People)Paul’s YouTube: Subscribe🙏Further Ways To Support The Podcast:Accounting, Taxes, And Payroll For Your S-Corp (Ideal for $60k+ income): CollectiveLooking for alternatives to traditional health insurance in the US? Check out CrowdhealthI use Transistor to host this podcast. It rocks. Launch Yours HereI record high-quality videos using Riverside: Sign Up Here

I had a conversation with Ali Abdaal about his year away from medicine, how he grapples with his identity, the challenges of veering off the course of traditional metrics of success, enjoying the journey, and the challenges he faces.More from Ali here: https://aliabdaal.com/---------Subscribe to Paul's Weekly Newsletter: http://boundless.substack.com 📘 GOOD WORK: LIVE! => Learn More📕 Buy Paul’s Book (50k+ Sold): The Pathless Path😁 Join Hundreds On Unconventional Paths: Pathless Path Community📲Connect + Follow PaulTwitter: @p_millerdInstagram: @pathlesspaulPaul’s Newsletter: Subscribe to Pathless (23k+ People)Paul’s YouTube: Subscribe🙏Further Ways To Support The Podcast:Accounting, Taxes, And Payroll For Your S-Corp (Ideal for $60k+ income): CollectiveLooking for alternatives to traditional health insurance in the US? Check out CrowdhealthI use Transistor to host this podcast. It rocks. Launch Yours HereI record high-quality videos using Riverside: Sign Up Here

I talked with Michael Ashcroft six months before he was planning to quit his job.  We talked about his plan to quit his job, what was going through his mind, his fears and what he expected might happen. We then chatted again three months later after he submitted his notice and checked in on how he felt Fear Setting Exercise Michael's Website ---------- The best way you can support me is to join in the conversation. Share thoughts on Twitter, send me an e-mail and tell me what resonated or what you’d add or refer a friend: If you’d like to support further you can use my affiliate link for some of the platforms I recommend. Podia - 14 day free trial Teachable - 14 day free trial Wealthfront - $5k managed for free ConvertKit - First 1k subscribers for free Or if you want to fund my crypto house, you can send me some crypto here. 📘 GOOD WORK: LIVE! => Learn More📕 Buy Paul’s Book (50k+ Sold): The Pathless Path😁 Join Hundreds On Unconventional Paths: Pathless Path Community📲Connect + Follow PaulTwitter: @p_millerdInstagram: @pathlesspaulPaul’s Newsletter: Subscribe to Pathless (23k+ People)Paul’s YouTube: Subscribe🙏Further Ways To Support The Podcast:Accounting, Taxes, And Payroll For Your S-Corp (Ideal for $60k+ income): CollectiveLooking for alternatives to traditional health insurance in the US? Check out CrowdhealthI use Transistor to host this podcast. It rocks. Launch Yours HereI record high-quality videos using Riverside: Sign Up Here

I had a delightful conversation with Daniel Vassallo a self-employed creator for the last three years who seems to have gone through many of the same "a-has" as I have.  He walked away from Amazon despite making an absurd salary of $500,000 a year.  We talk about why he made that leap, why he would never go back and some of the unexpected lessons and insights he's learned from becoming self-employed.   You can learn more about Dan at his site => Dan Vassallo ---------- To follow along with Paul subscribe to his newsletter => Boundless  Paul is also working on a book to launch later this year titled The Pathless Path 📘 GOOD WORK: LIVE! => Learn More📕 Buy Paul’s Book (50k+ Sold): The Pathless Path😁 Join Hundreds On Unconventional Paths: Pathless Path Community📲Connect + Follow PaulTwitter: @p_millerdInstagram: @pathlesspaulPaul’s Newsletter: Subscribe to Pathless (23k+ People)Paul’s YouTube: Subscribe🙏Further Ways To Support The Podcast:Accounting, Taxes, And Payroll For Your S-Corp (Ideal for $60k+ income): CollectiveLooking for alternatives to traditional health insurance in the US? Check out CrowdhealthI use Transistor to host this podcast. It rocks. Launch Yours HereI record high-quality videos using Riverside: Sign Up Here

Robert Litchfield & Rachael Woldoff have recently written a book titled "Digital Nomads: In search of Freedom, Community, and Meaningful Work in the new economy" A married couple and both professors, they bring an interesting combination of perspectives.  Rachel is a sociologist specializing in urban communities and Rob is a management professor specializing in creativity and motivation. They both moved to Bali for three months with their kids and immersed themselves in this world.  I share some of my perspectives and they share what they learned, how it impacted how they lived their life and how they see these trends impacting modern work and institutions. -------------- If you'd like to subscribe to the weekly newsletter on the modern world of work, please subscribe: Boundless Newsletter If you want to support the podcast you can do so by using my affiliate link for one of the products I use and endorse. 📘 GOOD WORK: LIVE! => Learn More📕 Buy Paul’s Book (50k+ Sold): The Pathless Path😁 Join Hundreds On Unconventional Paths: Pathless Path Community📲Connect + Follow PaulTwitter: @p_millerdInstagram: @pathlesspaulPaul’s Newsletter: Subscribe to Pathless (23k+ People)Paul’s YouTube: Subscribe🙏Further Ways To Support The Podcast:Accounting, Taxes, And Payroll For Your S-Corp (Ideal for $60k+ income): CollectiveLooking for alternatives to traditional health insurance in the US? Check out CrowdhealthI use Transistor to host this podcast. It rocks. Launch Yours HereI record high-quality videos using Riverside: Sign Up Here

Michael Mcbride left his job almost a year ago to work on building out Idea Soup, an instagram and TikTok channel focused on helping re-inspire people’s passion for history and knowledge. We talk about his creations over the years, how he has felt since leaving his job over the last year, what he’s learned from engaging with young people on TikTok and how he sees the future of education emerging from things like TikTok and other online platforms. On his foundational belief: “If I had a thesis it's that education really does work and education really does matter” His motivation and secret to his success:  He said, “I find history so crazy and weird and fascinating that I think that;s contagious.  If I had a mission it’s not to make them more educated, it’s to make them go. “How did roman's wipe their ass, that’s crazy,” Listen to the episode to find the answer to this! 📘 GOOD WORK: LIVE! => Learn More📕 Buy Paul’s Book (50k+ Sold): The Pathless Path😁 Join Hundreds On Unconventional Paths: Pathless Path Community📲Connect + Follow PaulTwitter: @p_millerdInstagram: @pathlesspaulPaul’s Newsletter: Subscribe to Pathless (23k+ People)Paul’s YouTube: Subscribe🙏Further Ways To Support The Podcast:Accounting, Taxes, And Payroll For Your S-Corp (Ideal for $60k+ income): CollectiveLooking for alternatives to traditional health insurance in the US? Check out CrowdhealthI use Transistor to host this podcast. It rocks. Launch Yours HereI record high-quality videos using Riverside: Sign Up Here

Uri Bram is the CEO of The Browser which runs regular newsletters to help people find good articles, podcasts, and videos to read.  He has been living as a digital nomad for over seven years and also runs The Browser as a remote company. We chat about Uri’s own journey, what it's like working with Robert Cottrell (who reads 10-12 hours a day), his early experiences becoming a kindle best-selling, how he thinks about running a remote company and some of his favorite reads worth checking out. Articles/Books mentioned In Praise of Idleness and Other Essays, Bertrand Russell Derek Parfit, Reasons and Persons Leadership & Solitude, William Deresiewicz Disadvantages of an Elite Education, William Deresiewicz Seeing Like a State, James Scott How Ghost Is Structured for the Long-Term The Great Works of Your Life, Cope Ada Palmer, Ex Urbe Susan Bryson, Aftermath Salary Negotiation: Make More Money, Be More Valued, Patrick McKenzie ------------------------- To find ways to support Boundless, Click here Subscribe to a weekly e-mail on life, work & the creative path 📘 GOOD WORK: LIVE! => Learn More📕 Buy Paul’s Book (50k+ Sold): The Pathless Path😁 Join Hundreds On Unconventional Paths: Pathless Path Community📲Connect + Follow PaulTwitter: @p_millerdInstagram: @pathlesspaulPaul’s Newsletter: Subscribe to Pathless (23k+ People)Paul’s YouTube: Subscribe🙏Further Ways To Support The Podcast:Accounting, Taxes, And Payroll For Your S-Corp (Ideal for $60k+ income): CollectiveLooking for alternatives to traditional health insurance in the US? Check out CrowdhealthI use Transistor to host this podcast. It rocks. Launch Yours HereI record high-quality videos using Riverside: Sign Up Here